We changed the world irrevocably, from $500 a day to the modern economy.

You can say it would have happened eventually but the same logic could be used to undercut your accomplishments. And ours was a paradigm shift unparalleled so maybe not

And ultimately, your rise is due to our malaise. Exploiting our economic openness and filling the void of our scientific lack of curiosity and in te case of Europe its geopolitical stagnation